PRE ORDER: 29\/09\/2023 May 18th 2023 – Jorja Smith is officially back. Further to making a recent return to the musical sphere with her singles \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcTry Me\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 and \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcLittle Things\u00e2\u20ac\u2122, today she has confirmed the details of her highly anticipated second album, \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcfalling or flying\u00e2\u20ac\u2122, set for release globally on September 29th 2023 via FAMM and available to pre-order now – here. Alongside the announcement, Jorja has also unveiled the album’s poignant artwork; a stunning portrait of her, shot on film by the prestigious British photographer, Liz Johnson Artur. In addition, Jorja has also announced a series of UK live shows in September, commemorating the release of the album. Further details below. Through her new record, Jorja has delivered an undeniable modern classic, effortlessly condensing any number of disparate styles and genres into music which thrillingly broaches any gap between Jazz, Soul, R&B and Funky House. A bold, brave and courageous leap forward from her critically acclaimed debut album \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcLost and Found\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 -\u00e2\u20ac\u02dcfalling or flying\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 is an album that speaks to the musical and emotional era where Jorja is now, and how she got here. It isn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t so much an exploration of how she\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s found herself but more a statement that she has arrived, and that her understanding of her life, her relationships, and her feelings, have deepened, matured and crystallised as she enters her twenty six year. \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcAnd despite it all,\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 she says, \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcit’s definitely a journey I’ve just started. That’s what’s crazy. It’s only just begun.\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 Sonically, this album, a no-skips body of work, isn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t like anything you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve heard before. It sits masterfully in this same space of excitement, self-exploration and self-assertion that Jorja does. Compromised of deep, thumping drums, racing basslines, irresistible hooks and distinctive beats, \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcfalling or flying\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 runs at the same pace that Jorja\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s mind does. \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcI don’t slow down enough\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 she says. \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcThis album is like my brain. There\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s always so much going on but each song is definitely a standstill moment.\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 Much of the creative energy that shaped the album emerged from studio sessions with the producer duo DAMEDAME* back in her hometown of Walsall, where, to Jorja, the heart is. The album is both a sonic and an emotional tour of where she\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s been, and what she\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s been about, in the two years since she dropped her latest offering, \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcBe Right Back\u00e2\u20ac\u2122. \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcIt touches on breakups, relationships with my friends, relationships with old friends, relationships with myself.\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 She says. \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcIt’s definitely about a lot of relationships, but every song I write I can sing it to myself.\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 Of the many British voices in music today, Jorja is among the most commanding, writing at a pitch of intensity and urgency that few can match. Over the past five and half years, since the release of her debut album \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcLost & Found\u00e2\u20ac\u2122, she has been celebrated unanimously across the world for her evocative song-writing, powerful delivery, pure emotion and unbridled talent as a young woman navigating her way through life and in 2021 was the year Jorja\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s hiatus from music was broken. Enter \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcBe Right Back\u00e2\u20ac\u2122, the holding space between the sensation that was \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcLost & Found\u00e2\u20ac\u2122, and \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcfalling or flying\u00e2\u20ac\u2122. \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcBe Right Back\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 was born from playing, jamming, freestyling, and sounding out what Jorja had been on the edge of expressing all her life. It was a project entirely for her fans. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Be Right Back did exactly what I wanted it to do. It was a little waiting room so people knew I was coming back.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d And come back she has – entering a chapter of her return to music that\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s certain to draw in and intoxicate Jorja\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s fans and new listeners alike. And what has changed for her, in the five years since \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcLost & Found\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 dominated the charts and the soundscape? \u00e2\u20ac\u0153I like this world that I’ve just come into. And I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m still figuring things out. Always figuring things out.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Jorja says. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153This is the first time I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m putting stuff out there that I can connect with right now.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Over the last few years, it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s been a reflective and transformative step into her mid twenties for her. She\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s been able to step into herself and evolve as a songwriter and a woman despite an ever-changing musical landscape. While she recognises that the global pandemic has been completely devastating, she acknowledges that it allowed her to stay still, to come more into herself, and to be more in control of the person she is, and of her musical output. Like some of the legendary musicians that came before her, Jorja is looking at the chaos and disorder in the world right now with resourceful, refined eyes, and she sees the glorious opportunity and enormous responsibility that affords. The net result is that while \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcfalling or flying» sounds very much like Jorja Smith, it sounds like no Jorja Smith album you have ever heard before. Tracklisting 1. Try Me 2. Track 2 3. Little Things 4. Track 4 5. Track 5 6. Track 6 7. Track 7 8. Track 8 9. Track 9 10. Track 10 11. Track 11 12. Track 12 13. Track 13 14. Track 14 15. Track 15 16. Track 16<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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